runQuery's use of the Default typeclass means that the compiler will have trouble inferring types. It is strongly recommended that you provide full type signatures when using runQuery.

Example type specialization:

runQuery :: Query (Column PGInt4, Column PGText) -> IO [(Int, String)]

Assuming the makeAdaptorAndInstance splice has been run for the product type Foo:

runQuery :: Query (Foo (Column PGInt4) (Column PGText) (Column PGBool)
         -> IO [Foo Int String Bool]

Opaleye types are converted to Haskell types based on instances of the QueryRunnerColumnDefault typeclass.

runQueryFold streams the results of a query incrementally and consumes the results with a left fold.

This fold is not strict. The stream consumer is responsible for forcing the evaluation of its result to avoid space leaks.

Use queryRunnerColumn to make an instance to allow you to run queries on your own datatypes. For example:

newtype Foo = Foo Int

instance QueryRunnerColumnDefault Foo Foo where
   queryRunnerColumnDefault =
       queryRunnerColumn (unsafeCoerceColumn
                              :: Column Foo -> Column PGInt4)
                         Foo
                         queryRunnerColumnDefault

For internal use only. Do not use. Will be deprecated in version 0.6.

A QueryRunner specifies how to convert Postgres values (columns) into Haskell values (haskells). Most likely you will never need to create on of these or handle one directly. It will be provided for you by the Default QueryRunner instance.

A QueryRunnerColumn pgType haskellType encodes how to turn a value of Postgres type pgType into a value of Haskell type haskellType. For example a value of type QueryRunnerColumn PGText String encodes how to turn a PGText result from the database into a Haskell String.

A QueryRunnerColumnDefault pgType haskellType represents the default way to turn a pgType result from the database into a Haskell value of type haskellType.

Creating an instance of QueryRunnerColumnDefault for your own types is necessary for retrieving those types from the database.

You should use one of the three methods below for writing a QueryRunnerColumnDefault instance.

1. If you already have a FromField instance for your haskellType, use fieldQueryRunnerColumn. (This is how most of the built-in instances are defined.)
2. If you don't have a FromField instance, use queryRunnerColumn if possible. See the documentation for queryRunnerColumn for an example.
3. If you have a more complicated case, but not a FromField instance, write a FieldParser for your type and use fieldParserQueryRunnerColumn. You can also add a FromField instance using this.